See what you can do with a little imagination and some unique server side tools? The Scroll Clock keeps perfect time, and also shows off what you can do with MooTools (a compact JavaScript framework). Seen any other neat sites like this? Leave them in the comments!
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Original post by Mitch
Since today is Friday, and things are pretty calm here in the Lunarverse – I thought today would be a perfect day to take a look back at some great guides, links, tips and tutorials of 2010.
Wait, what do you mean 2010 isn’t over yet? Well, then let us look at the best of the best articles posted in 2010 on the Lunartics blog (…so far).
10 Best Google AdSense WordPress Plugins
Are your web site advertisements not performing like they should? Would you like to have more control over your Google AdSense ads and how they are displayed in your WordPress powered web site? I have searched the Web for the ten best Google AdSense related plugins. We have plugins here that will help you manage your ads better, put them in better places, offer other adverting opportunities and much more.
Fun “Guess What I’m Drawing” Game
Looking for a fun way to spend a few extra minutes of your day? If you are looking for an escape from your Monday morning blues – give Gartic a try. This web-based drawing game is a lot of fun.
Get Free Google AdWords Credit!
Did you know that Lunarpages is giving to its customers upwards of $50 to $100 in free Google AdWords credit? If you have never tried advertising your business or web site on Google, and you are Lunarpages client – you just lost your last excuse not to at least try it out. You can now reach a global internet audience using Google AdWords and your Lunarpages web hosting account.
This is the sentence that we all dread to hear ask. Is Google down? Now, you can always pull up Google in your browser, and check for yourself – however I have a better place for you to check and see what problems are going on with Google.
5 Most Popular .htaccess Tips and Tricks
There are tons of things you can do from the .htaccess file inside of your web hosting account. From redirecting the users to controlling who can get in and who can get out, it is a very useful file to have on your hosting account. To help out the new web hosting clients and to act as a reminder to the old pros around here, I thought I would go through five of the most popular .htaccess tips I know.
Free Layouts from Open Web Design
For general free web site designs, you can do no wrong at Open Web Designs. This web site highlights some of the best free open source web design layouts on the Web. With well over 3,000 to choose from you are bound to find the right layout for your next web site project.
UnderCon – Perfect WordPress Pre-Launch Page
Are you working on launching or maybe even re-launching a WordPress powered web site? If so, you might want to slap up a quick “under construction page” to keep people happy until the final version of the web site is ready. UnderCon, a great theme for WordPress will help you do that with style.
10 Most Popular Joomla Security Extensions
Joomla is one of the most popular content management systems out there. Being the most popular does have it’s price though, you have to pay more attention to security related issues. To help you out, I thought I would find then of the most popular security related extensions for the Joomla CMS script.
Use Gmail With Your Domain’s E-mail Account
I have a rather wacky e-mail setup, due to the fact that I have so many accounts to manage. With that in mind, I found the perfect solution for my e-mail needs, and hopefully it will work for you too. Did you know that you can use Gmail as a POP3 e-mail client? This way you can both send and receive mail as you@yourdomain.com through the Gmail interface.
Lunarpages Takes On Tough New York Times Web Hosting Questions
The New York Times recently asked some very interesting questions as it pertains to what people should be looking for when it comes to finding the web hosting service that is right for them. As a web host, I thought I would tackle some of the questions they brought up one on one.
Double Save Your Work to a USB Drive
Nothing kills your will to live faster than losing a lot of work you have been spending hours upon hours creating it. Not that I am bitter about my own paste experiences or anything. With that thought in mind though, I thought it might be a good time to introduce you to Back4Sure.
What would you like to see more of on the Lunartics blog? Leave a comment and let us know. We would love to hear your suggestions and feedback.
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Original post by Mitch
Since today is Friday, and things are pretty calm here in the Lunarverse – I thought today would be a perfect day to take a look back at some great guides, links, tips and tutorials of 2010.
Wait, what do you mean 2010 isn’t over yet? Well, then let us look at the best of the best articles posted in 2010 on the Lunartics blog (…so far).
10 Best Google AdSense WordPress Plugins
Are your web site advertisements not performing like they should? Would you like to have more control over your Google AdSense ads and how they are displayed in your WordPress powered web site? I have searched the Web for the ten best Google AdSense related plugins. We have plugins here that will help you manage your ads better, put them in better places, offer other adverting opportunities and much more.
Fun “Guess What I’m Drawing†Game
Looking for a fun way to spend a few extra minutes of your day? If you are looking for an escape from your Monday morning blues – give Gartic a try. This web-based drawing game is a lot of fun.
Get Free Google AdWords Credit!
Did you know that Lunarpages is giving to its customers upwards of $50 to $100 in free Google AdWords credit? If you have never tried advertising your business or web site on Google, and you are Lunarpages client – you just lost your last excuse not to at least try it out. You can now reach a global internet audience using Google AdWords and your Lunarpages web hosting account.
This is the sentence that we all dread to hear ask. Is Google down? Now, you can always pull up Google in your browser, and check for yourself – however I have a better place for you to check and see what problems are going on with Google.
5 Most Popular .htaccess Tips and Tricks
There are tons of things you can do from the .htaccess file inside of your web hosting account. From redirecting the users to controlling who can get in and who can get out, it is a very useful file to have on your hosting account. To help out the new web hosting clients and to act as a reminder to the old pros around here, I thought I would go through five of the most popular .htaccess tips I know.
Free Layouts from Open Web Design
For general free web site designs, you can do no wrong at Open Web Designs. This web site highlights some of the best free open source web design layouts on the Web. With well over 3,000 to choose from you are bound to find the right layout for your next web site project.
UnderCon – Perfect WordPress Pre-Launch Page
Are you working on launching or maybe even re-launching a WordPress powered web site? If so, you might want to slap up a quick “under construction page†to keep people happy until the final version of the web site is ready. UnderCon, a great theme for WordPress will help you do that with style.
10 Most Popular Joomla Security Extensions
Joomla is one of the most popular content management systems out there. Being the most popular does have it’s price though, you have to pay more attention to security related issues. To help you out, I thought I would find then of the most popular security related extensions for the Joomla CMS script.
Use Gmail With Your Domain’s E-mail Account
I have a rather wacky e-mail setup, due to the fact that I have so many accounts to manage. With that in mind, I found the perfect solution for my e-mail needs, and hopefully it will work for you too. Did you know that you can use Gmail as a POP3 e-mail client? This way you can both send and receive mail as you@yourdomain.com through the Gmail interface.
Lunarpages Takes On Tough New York Times Web Hosting Questions
The New York Times recently asked some very interesting questions as it pertains to what people should be looking for when it comes to finding the web hosting service that is right for them. As a web host, I thought I would tackle some of the questions they brought up one on one.
Double Save Your Work to a USB Drive
Nothing kills your will to live faster than losing a lot of work you have been spending hours upon hours creating it. Not that I am bitter about my own paste experiences or anything. With that thought in mind though, I thought it might be a good time to introduce you to Back4Sure.
What would you like to see more of on the Lunartics blog? Leave a comment and let us know. We would love to hear your suggestions and feedback.
© Lunarpages Web Hosting - Also, don’t forget to follow @lunarpages on Twitter!
Original post by Mitch
When you have a web site of any size or shape, you come to realize that statistics, in various forms, are important to watch. They let you know how well you are doing, and what type of content seems to be the most popular. With all the different types of statistics to watch, I thought I would go through the top five that you should keep you eye on the most.
Here are the top five web site statistics to keep your eye on:
I hope this help to both explain these statistics a little better, and helps you know what type of analytical data you need to monitor on a daily or weekly basis. Know of any other data that it is important to keep an eye on? Leave your thoughts on the comments.
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Original post by Mitch
When and how do you perform maintenance on your own web site? Some people do it every once in a while, and many do not do it at all. Today, I am going to share with you my own web site maintenance routine, and hopefully a few of my ways of doing things might rub off on you.
What Repair Work Should You Do?
First thing you have to ask yourself, is what should you be looking at when it comes to doing maintenance on your web site?
How Do You Organize Your Web Site Maintenance Routine?
Now that we know what you should be doing, now how do you do it? Your lucky that organizing is one of my favorite things to do. When it comes to setting a schedule for this, you might try:
The calendar solution works best when you have many sites to watch over, while the to do list method is better for just one or two web sites. This way you have something to check every day to see if you have anything to do.
Try to stick with the maintenance routine you have set. If you find it too hard to do everything in one day, do not despair. Just spread the tasks out a ‘bit more into something you can more easily schedule into your day, week or month of work. Everybody’s system is going to be a little different. Find something that works best for your needs.
I hope these tips and suggestions come in handy when it comes to setting your own maintenance routine. If you have any additional tips to share, be sure to leave them in the comments.
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Original post by Mitch
Looking for a place to get some inspiration for your own web site or business logo? Look no further than LogoBliss.com. This database of awesome designs will be sure to inspire you to create something just as great.
For each logo, you are treated to a profile which gives you a bigger version to view of each, and some more information about the designer. This would be a great way to get in touch with some of the Web’s brightest minds, if you need a logo of your own created.
To check out all the designs, be sure to go visit LogoBliss.com.
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Original post by Mitch
Looking for a place to get some inspiration for your own web site or business logo? Look no further than LogoBliss.com. This database of awesome designs will be sure to inspire you to create something just as great.
For each logo, you are treated to a profile which gives you a bigger version to view of each, and some more information about the designer. This would be a great way to get in touch with some of the Web’s brightest minds, if you need a logo of your own created.
To check out all the designs, be sure to go visit LogoBliss.com.
© Lunarpages Web Hosting - Also, don’t forget to follow @lunarpages on Twitter!
Original post by Mitch
In search of a new web site design? One of my favorite sources for free web site templates and layouts is OpenDesigns.org. This listing of the latest free open source designs is definitely worth bookmarking if you are looking for a place to gain inspiration for your own design, or you want to pick up a new look and feel for your current domain.
Here are a few example free layouts I found that I really enjoyed:
Downloading themes from OpenDesigns.org is easy to do.
Need Site Hosting? I hope you find this free web site design resource handy when it comes to creating your own web site at Lunarpages. If you are looking for the perfect web hosting plan to get started on – I would highly recommend the Basic hosting plan. Not only does it include unlimited disk space and bandwidth, but you can also get it for only $4.95 per month. That is a great web hosting deal, no coupon needed.
For more free web site layouts and designs like this, be sure to check out OpenDesigns.org.
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Original post by Mitch
What ways to do you give your blog readers to bookmark, share or save things you have posted? With WordPress, and the powerful plugins, you can extend sharing and saving bookmarks, and take the experience to a whole new level.
Here are 10 of the most popular bookmarking related plugins for the WordPress publishing platform.
AddToAny – Help readers share, save, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Delicious, and over 100 more social bookmarking and sharing sites.
Socialable – Automatically add links to your favorite social bookmarking sites on your posts, pages and in your RSS feed.
Simple Facebook Connect – Simple Facebook Connect is a series of plugins that let you add any sort of Facebook Connect functionality you like to a WordPress blog.
AddThis – Help your visitor promote your site! The AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget allows your users to bookmark your site easily with over 200 popular services, and to share it with friends via email.
Share and Follow – Designed for average users to use, ideal for developers who want to save time, this plugin gives links to the most prominent Social Networking sites for sharing and following.
Social Bookmarks – The Social Bookmarks plugin for WordPress adds a list of XHTML compliant graphic links at the end of your posts and/or pages that allow your visitors to easily submit them to a number of social bookmarking sites.
Social Bookmarking RELOADED – The Social Bookmarking RELOADED plugin for WordPress adds a list of XHTML compliant graphic links at the end of your posts and/or pages that allow your visitors to easily submit them in a number of social bookmarking sites.
Only Wire – OnlyWire syndicates your content and articles to the web’s top social networking sites with a single button click.
Bookmark Me – The Bookmark Me plugin will add buttons that let your visitors share your content on social media sites such as Buzz Up!, Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Mixx, Reddit and StumbleUpon.
Bookmarkify – The Social Media Marketing Plugin that lets you put social bookmarking links in your posts and other pages. Help your readers promote your blog!
There is my top ten choices for the best bookmark and share plugins for WordPress. Have another that does the job better? Let us know in the comments!
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Original post by Mitch
Do you know the different between padding and margins in CSS web site design? That was the very interesting question posed to me via e-mail by one of the great Lunarpages web hosting customers, yesterday.
I have trouble telling the difference between what padding is in CSS code and what the margin is, when I set both around a div or class. Could you explain? Thanks!
The quickest rule of thumb I can share to tell the margin and the padding apart is very simple.
The margin is always the space outside of the element you are working with, and padding is always inside the element you are working with.
What is Padding?
The padding in CSS terms is there to clear a space around the inside of an element. Think of it as having a house filled with chairs. You then move all the chairs to the middle of the house, to make more room to move around the outside of the general “chair space”. This empty space would be your proverbial padding.
Example Padding Use:
padding-top:10px;
padding-bottom:15px;
padding-right:10px;
padding-left:15px;
What is Margin?
The margin in CSS terms is defined as the space outside the element. Looking at the house metaphor again, you could think of the margin as the empty space all the way around your house.
Example Margin Use:
margin-top:20px;
margin-bottom:20px;
margin-right:20px;
margin-left:20px;
So, I hope this helps our confused reader and Lunarpages web hosting customer on the differences between the two and helps all of you too. If you would like to see more CSS tutorials, tips and more be sure to leave me a comment!
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Original post by Mitch